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Exalted Magic - Free Wards

Ward spells are all but useless in the vanilla game. They don't do much, and cost an unfathomable amount of magicka per second. This mod cuts the cost of the three Wards to 1, 2 and 3 magicka per second respectively.

Why so low? Because the major cost of wards isn't their magicka use, but rather that you have to reserve a hand for their use. You could wear a shield instead, giving you not only significant protection, but also another enchanting slot. Or you could dual-cast magic for ridiculous Impact-shenanigans, or wield a big weapon. Furthermore, Wards are hard to use because they take a moment to come up, only face one direction and do not absorb a whole lot of damage to begin with, and when they break, you get stunned. On top of that, they prevent magicka regeneration during use.

In essence, a Ward is a huge liability. In the base game, you pay ~50 magicka per second for something that is worse than the cheapest Leather Shield, and incomparable to something like Spellbreaker.

Check out my other spell mod which concerns itself with Oakflesh & friends: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=13769


To all the complainers who thinks this is bad:

1. Don't install the mod.
2. I also made an inferior 5/10/15 version. https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=14226
3. "Make magicka deplete when the ward gets hit!" - Yeah, that's already in the game, and it's called "Healing". That spell costs magicka, and increases your hp (which is mathematically equal to reducing damage). Equipping it into one hand has long been what wizards did when they wanted what Wards should do.